SUMMARY:

• Project Controls Manager delivering capital projects where success is based on project results.
• More than 20 years with industry leading companies in mining, life sciences, nuclear, oil and gas
• Career focus in the owner’s interest

SKILLS:

Estimating - Preliminary and DefinitiveProject Controls Teams SupervisionFront End Engineering DevelopmentDevelopment of Execution PlansTotal Cost ManagementCredible Estimate at Completion Forecasting

Mentoring ResourcesEngineering Deliverables ManagementRisk Quantification and MitigationClaims and Disputes ResolutionProcess DevelopmentSchedule Audits and Optimization

SOFTWARE EXPERTISE:

Financial: SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD EdwardsProject Software Aconex, Hard Dollar, Prolog, E-Builder, Maximo, Prism G3, Constructware, @Risk, Primavera Unifier, SharePointScheduling Primavera P6 Enterprise Software, Primavera P6 and P3.1 Scheduling Software, SurTrac, and Microsoft ProjectEstimating Timberline, Constructware, Icarus IPM, Success

General: Microsoft Office Professional

EXPERIENCE:

Project Controls Manager

Confidential, Carolina, PR

Responsibilities:

• Took over daily planning meeting to produce flawless installation of 86 tie-ins during a plant shutdown to achieve the best successful shutdown in plant history .

Project Controls Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Development of reporting metrics that resulted in accurate project progress reporting which allowed owner’s team to drive EPCM progress and influence project completion forecast
• Development of EPCM firms cost forecasting process which gave visibility of the true cost at completion for the project
• Provided hands on leadership to EPCM onsite contracts group and mitigated US$3M in contractor claims payout

Project Controls Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed engineering deliverables-based performance metrics for schedule, productivity, and cost that resulted in owner management to challenge EPCM firm for improved performance and implement mitigation plans before impact to project schedule
• Implemented a change management process that mitigated 38 EPCM project changes
• Strong leadership let to successful completion of feasibility study 45 days earlier than the planned schedule and US$600M below previous cost estimate.

Project Controls Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Strong analytical and estimate review skills resulted in the approval of the definitive estimate with 20 million craft man-hours.
• Established work breakdown package structure that improved the accuracy of controlling cost and reduced the number of project change orders.
• Established weekly work package owner review meetings with responsible managers and established financial controls and performance which establish credible cost at completion forecast for the dynamic mega project.

Project Controls Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Established a competent Project Controls organization in Argentina after successfully recruiting 25 local resources and implementation of training programs.
• Controlled escalating out of control costs by developing bottoms up re-baseline estimate for the remaining scope to complete forecast of $3B.
• Developed level 3 construction schedule that established the construction baseline for the project and project reporting on progress and earned value for 20M direct manhours.

Sr. Project Controls Manager

Confidential, Juncos, PR

Responsibilities:

• Strong Cost Management skills exceeded expectations achieving an 8% annual cashflow variance for an annual capital spend plan
• Awarded outstanding rating from an onsite independent corporate projects compliance audit
• Delivered a new vial line for production within ongoing manufacturing with no interruptions
• Excellent project controls performance lead to more capital projects being self-performed versus EPCM assignment for projects

Project Controls Manager

Confidential, Channelview, TX

Responsibilities:

• Successfully estimated the $100M turnaround scope of work with actual costs being within 10% of the budget estimate.
• Established real time daily cost reporting to senior management which was the first-time cost was reported in real time with a no surprise estimate at completion.
• Managed change management process that established scope control and limited unknown forecast at completion changes

Project Controls Manager

Confidential, Carolina, PR

Responsibilities:

• Successfully managed EPCM Project Controls which lead to establishment of credible cost at completion forecast, when prior reporting saw increases for the previous six months
• Demonstrated management and organizational skills overseeing cost, schedule and technical performance resulted in mitigation of US$2.3M in contractor requested changes for onsite extended general conditions.
• Established and supervised errors and omissions effort for project that led to the successful recovery of US$9M in errors and omissions from EPCM firm and module fabricators.

PMO Project Controls Manager

Confidential, Barceloneta, PR

Responsibilities:

• Successfully managed Front End Engineering Deliverables (FEED) projects were benchmarked by Independent Project Analysis (IPA) and the scores were all within top 10% life sciences industry benchmarks
• Successful implementing processes, procedures, tools, and training to site capital project managers and key stakeholders, which resulted in improved performance and a five-year US$1B Capital Spend Plan for the three manufacturing sites
• Strong estimating experience led to solicitation for site estimating for class I and II type estimates which led to the successful approval of four business case project approvals

Sr. Cost Engineer

Confidential, Buchanan, NY

Responsibilities:

• Developed EPCM progress worksheet which saved 3 days to validate EPCM progress invoice verification
• Cost management skills identified EPCM scope of work not performed on lump sum contract .
• Implemented automated EPCM performance retrieval from Primavera to project reporting system saving 2 days of weekly data reconciliation for improved financial and project performance reporting

Sr. Cost Engineer

Confidential, Corpus Christi, TX

Responsibilities:

• Developed US$7M BP Chemicals turnaround estimate that was in line with the actual costs at completion for the turnaround.
• Initiated the restructuring of the monthly cost report which simplified the report and well received by Koch refinery management.

Sr. Cost Engineer

Confidential, Wadsworth, TX

Responsibilities:

• Successful development and approval of US$2B five-year business plan which was rated one of the best in nuclear industry by the Confidential
• Performed net present value and payback economic analysis which aided senior management in approving capital projects with economic drivers.
• Good management skills were recognized by the Confidential as having one of the best nuclear plant modifications program in the industry receiving top scores during onsite inspection.